Commission Regulation (EC) No 2072/2000 of 29 September 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1585/2000 determining the extent to which applications lodged in July 2000 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted
Date: 2000-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), import licence, meat product, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2072/2000

of 29 September 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for
the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC)
No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1585/2000 determining the
extent to which applications lodged in July 2000 for import licences for certain pigmeat products
under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic
of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be
accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 of 31
July 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (1), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

(5)

(6)

(7)

Application of this Regulation from 1 July 2000 in
parallel with Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 is required.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2000 (6) deter-
mines the quantities, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1898/97, available for the period 1 October to 31
December 2000. It should be amended in line with the
new annual quantities given in Annex I to this Regula-
tion.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Pigmeat,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

as
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 (2),
amended by Regulation (EC) No 618/98 (3), lays down
rules of application in the pigment sector
the
arrangements in the Europe Agreements. It should be
amended in line with the provisions on pigment prod-
ucts in Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000.

for

Repayment of import duties on products listed in Part A
of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as it existed
before entry into force of this Regulation and imported
under licences used from 1 July 2000 falls within the
scope of Articles 878 to 898 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provi-
sions for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs
Code (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/
2000 (5).

In order to ensure proper management of the quantities,
it is necessary to set a final date for the validity of
licences at the end of each quota year.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for
the arrangements covered by Council Regulations (EC) No
1727/2000 and (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations
(EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94.’

2. The first subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the

following:

‘All imports into the Community under the arrangements
laid down in Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000 and (EC) No
3066/95 of products covered by group Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, H1,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10/11, 12/13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 provided for
in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to presenta-
tion of an import licence.’

In order to facilitate trade of pigmeat and to harmonise
the levels of securities for import licences within the
meat sectors,
is necessary to review the level of
security set in Regulation (EC) No 1898/97.

it

3. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

(1) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(3) OJ L 82, 19.3.1998, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.

For the purposes of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 import licences shall be valid for 150 days from
their actual date of issue.

(6) OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 53.

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However, licences shall not be valid beyond 30 June of the
year of issue.

5. Part A of Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Licences shall not be transferable:’

4. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

Article 2

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1585/2000 is replaced by
Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Security of EUR 20 per 100 kg shall be lodged against
applications for import licences for any product indicated in
Article 1.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘A. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN HUNGARY

Order
No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
to 30.6.2001
(tonnes)

Annual increase
as from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

09.4705

09.4706

09.4704

09.4708

1

2

3

4

Sausages, dry or other

Other preparations, preserved meat
of domestic swine

free

free

8 750

875

900

90

(2)

(2)

Meat of domestic swine, salted or
in brine

free

1 000

100

(2)

1601 00 91
1601 00 99

1602 41 10
1602 42 10
1602 49 11
1602 49 13
1602 49 15
1602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50

0210 11 11
0210 12 11
0210 19 40
0210 19 51

ex 0203

Meat of domestic
chilled or frozen

swine,

fresh,

free

40 000

4 000

(2) (3)

09.4727

H1

1501 00 19

Pig fat (including lard), other

164 EUR/t

2 400

240

(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than
indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the
preferential scheme is to be determined by application to the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(2) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from export refunds.
(3) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.’

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ANNEX II

(t)

Group No

Total quantity available for the period 1 October to 31
December 2000

1
2
3
4
H1
5
6
7
8
9
10/11
12/13
14
15
16
17

3 289,5
301,9
490,0
14 668,7
1 200,0
1 875,0
1 297,0
5 190,5
875,0
6 375,0
3 282,5
1 437,5
187,5
562,5
1 062,5
7 812,5